May-ladyn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪleɪdi/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪˌleɪdi/

Forms: see May n.² and lady n.; also 1500s Marelady (probably transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: May n.², lady n.

Etymology: < May n.² + lady n. Compare May-lord n.

Now historical and rare.

= May Queen n. Also: a puppet in a May game (see quot. 1802).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > characters in May-day festivities

May-lady1564

savage mana1577

green man1578

May Marian1582

May Queen1600

malkina1625

Jack o' the green1729

Jack-in-the-bush1792

Jack in the green1794

May Day sweep1832

green1836

Maid Marian1893

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > presiding > at May-day festivities

Queen of the May1506

May King1519

May-lady1564

May-lord1576

Lord (also King) of (the) May1577

May Queen1600

1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 516 b To be decked and trimmed like a Marelady [sic: perh. misprint for Maie-lady], or the Quene of a game.

1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 533 As though they were mareladies [sic] or Popets in a game.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Maiestie in Wansteed Gardens in Arcadia (1598) sig. Bbb4 But here the May Lady interrupted his speech, saying to him: Away away you tedious foole.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. iii. 573 Some light huswife belike, that was dressed like a may lady, and as most of our gentlewomen are.

a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) ii. i. sig. D2 Or you must marry Malkyn the May Lady.

1652 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 1st Pt. sig. A3^v Here is History enamel'd with Fiction, and Truth drest like a May-Lady, who through the gay disguise of her flowry ornaments, does often show her owne simplicity.

1802 J. Audley Compan. to Almanack 21 The custom..of children having a figure dressed in a grotesque manner, called a May-lady; before which they set a table, having on it wine, &c. They also beg money of passengers,..their plea to obtain it is, ‘Pray remember the poor May-lady’.

1859 A. Van Buren Jottings Sojourn in South 216 Here Spenser makes May-lady equivalent to May-queen.

1899 Folk-lore Dec. 443 The President exhibited some photographs of ‘May Ladies’ at King's Lynn, taken..the 1st May, 1894.

1973 ELH 40 335 No wakeful satyrs rise to assail him. We can assume they would be as indifferent to his presence as his wife, their new May-lady.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	may-lady
释义	May-ladyn. Brit. /ˈmeɪleɪdi/, U.S. /ˈmeɪˌleɪdi/ Forms: see May n.² and lady n.; also 1500s Marelady (probably transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: May n.², lady n. Etymology: < May n.² + lady n. Compare May-lord n. Now historical and rare. = May Queen n. Also: a puppet in a May game (see quot. 1802). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > characters in May-day festivities May-lady1564 savage mana1577 green man1578 May Marian1582 May Queen1600 malkina1625 Jack o' the green1729 Jack-in-the-bush1792 Jack in the green1794 May Day sweep1832 green1836 Maid Marian1893 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > presiding > at May-day festivities Queen of the May1506 May King1519 May-lady1564 May-lord1576 Lord (also King) of (the) May1577 May Queen1600 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 516 b To be decked and trimmed like a Marelady [sic: perh. misprint for Maie-lady], or the Quene of a game. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 533 As though they were mareladies [sic] or Popets in a game. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Maiestie in Wansteed Gardens in Arcadia (1598) sig. Bbb4 But here the May Lady interrupted his speech, saying to him: Away away you tedious foole. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. iii. 573 Some light huswife belike, that was dressed like a may lady, and as most of our gentlewomen are. a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) ii. i. sig. D2 Or you must marry Malkyn the May Lady. 1652 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 1st Pt. sig. A3^v Here is History enamel'd with Fiction, and Truth drest like a May-Lady, who through the gay disguise of her flowry ornaments, does often show her owne simplicity. 1802 J. Audley Compan. to Almanack 21 The custom..of children having a figure dressed in a grotesque manner, called a May-lady; before which they set a table, having on it wine, &c. They also beg money of passengers,..their plea to obtain it is, ‘Pray remember the poor May-lady’. 1859 A. Van Buren Jottings Sojourn in South 216 Here Spenser makes May-lady equivalent to May-queen. 1899 Folk-lore Dec. 443 The President exhibited some photographs of ‘May Ladies’ at King's Lynn, taken..the 1st May, 1894. 1973 ELH 40 335 No wakeful satyrs rise to assail him. We can assume they would be as indifferent to his presence as his wife, their new May-lady. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1564
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